Music for Men is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Gossip. It was released on June 19, 2009, by Columbia Records.[2][3]
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Music for Men received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 26 reviews.[4] In 2010, Music for Men earned Gossip a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.[15]
Music for Men was successful in Europe, with sales of 280,000 copies in France alone, where it spent 138 weeks on the chart.[16][17] It sold 42,000 copies in the United States as of December 2012.[18]
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1. | "Dimestore Diamond" | 3:16 |
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2. | "Heavy Cross" | 4:06 |
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3. | "8th Wonder" | 3:17 |
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4. | "Love Long Distance" | 4:26 |
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5. | "Pop Goes the World" | 3:27 |
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6. | "Vertical Rhythm" | 3:50 |
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7. | "Men in Love" | 3:41 |
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8. | "For Keeps" | 4:08 |
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9. | "2012" | 3:51 |
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10. | "Love and Let Love" | 3:32 |
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11. | "Four Letter Word" | 3:49 |
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12. | "Spare Me from the Mold" | 2:28 |
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All tracks are written by Gossip
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13. | "Pop Goes the World" (James Ford version) | 3:26 |
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14. | "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix) | 8:08 |
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13. | "Heavy Cross" (Fred Falke Remix radio edit) | 3:49 |
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14. | "Heavy Cross" (Burns remix) | 7:36 |
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15. | "Love Long Distance" (Fake Blood remix) | 4:36 |
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13. | "The Breakdown" | 3:41 |
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13. | "The Breakdown" | 3:41 |
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14. | "Heavy Cross" (NRJ session) | 4:16 |
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15. | "Pop Goes the World" (NRJ session) | 3:47 |
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16. | "Listen Up" (NRJ session) | 4:34 |
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17. | "2012" (NRJ session) | 3:39 |
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18. | "Love Long Distance" (NRJ session) | 5:25 |
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19. | "Men in Love" (NRJ session) | 3:01 |
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20. | "Standing in the Way of Control" (NRJ session) | 4:42 |
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1. | "Heavy Cross" (video) | |
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2. | "Love Long Distance" (video) | |
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3. | "Pop Goes the World" (video) | |
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4. | "Four Letter Word" (video) | |
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5. | "Heavy Cross" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
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6. | "Love Long Distance" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
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7. | "Pop Goes the World" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
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8. | "Men in Love" (Rock am Ring 2010 live performance) | |
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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Music for Men.[19]
Gossip
- Beth Ditto – vocals
- Hannah Billie – drums, illustration, percussion
- Brace Paine – art direction, bass, guitar, keyboards, sampler percussion
Additional personnel
- Jeri Lynn Beard – art direction
- Lee Broomfield – photography
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Greg Fidelman – additional percussion, mixing, recording
- Meghan Foley – art direction
- James Ford – original drum elements (on "Pop Goes the World")
- Jason Gossman – editing
- Sara Lyn Killion – additional engineering
- Eric Lynn – additional engineering
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Dana Nielsen – additional recording, editing, saxophone
- Rick Rubin – production
- Mark Santangelo – mastering assistance
- Andrew Scheps – additional mixing
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